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Personal info

Full name
SCHWAGER, Earl Ollis
Date of birth
9 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Spirit Lake, Kootenai County, Idaho
Hometown
Chewelah, Stevens County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39471545
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
259th Infantry Regiment,
65th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
Fraulautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 7 70

Immediate family

Members
John O. Schwager (father)
Sadie M. Schwager (mother)
Kenneth J. Schwager (brother)
Elizabeth A. Schwager (sister)
Juanita A. Schwager (sister)
Jack O. Schwager (brother)
Wayne M. Schwager (brother)
Robert Schwager (brother)
Sidie Schwager (brother)

More information

Pfc Earl O. Schwager attended high school for three years, before he enlisted at Fort Lewis, Washington on 3 March 1944.

Pfc Schwager died from a reaction to a drug, vaccine or serum.

He is remembered at Chewelah Memorial Park in Chewelah, Stevens County, Washington with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / 1930/1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Spokesman-Review 26 November 1986, www.65thdiv.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / ChuckNorris